India, Nov. 1 -- A 22-year-old woman was arrested in Faridabad for allegedly conniving with her mother and the paramour in the murder of her stepfather over his objections to her making Instagram reels and frequently staying away from home for parties, police said on Friday.

Investigators said the suspect, Shalini Kumari, was well aware of the murder plot originally hatched by her mother and paramour and helped them in executing it to settle her personal grudge over restrictions.

The victim, Gopal Kumar, 37, was asleep when his wife Kajal Devi, 35, stabbed him multiple times in the neck with a kitchen knife, resulting in his on-the-spot death at their relative's house in Shyam Nagar on the night of October 14. Their four children, inclu...